We travel on the road about 5-6 hours a day. It may take us 12 hours to do that, because we try to never be in a hurry, ever! We always plan contingency time, even if we have reserved campsites at our final destination.
We enjoy the actual trip, the drive. We enjoy stopping at, whatever happens to catch our eye when traveling. See an unusual bill-board, we stop and pay a visit. So, when it comes to stopping for the night, we also like the "down time", so always look for campgrounds. Between KOA and Good Sam campgrounds, we've been pretty fortunate to find good, safe, easily accessible, pull through sites, that provide full hook-ups, and an opportunity to get a good night sleep.
Long gone are the days we travel 12 or 16 hours a day, and push to get to the destination. The older you get... the more you slow down and smell the roses along the way. There's so much "out there" between point A and point B, it's a shame so many are in such a hurry and miss it.
We normally do not unhitch for overnights, but sometimes we do. We always like to pull the slides out, so if I cannot level somewhat close hitch, I'll go ahead and unhitch. May not even need to move the truck an inch, just let it sit. But then, we may want to go explore the area we've stopped at too. Who knows, we may NEVER have an opportunity to go back there again. Make very moment count! Enjoy the present, tomorrow may never come! If you're constantly planning "ahead", you will miss what's right in front of you right now!
So we park in campgrounds that are easy-in and easy-out. We have on occasion, decided to stay an extra day too. Rare that we do this, but it has happened. This is part of the "contingency time". I suppose once you've reached a certain age, and accomplished pretty much all your goals in life, it's just FINE to spend time together with your spouse. As long as we're together, we don't care where we are. The "journey" is MORE important than the "destination" for us.
Yes, my wife and I still have full time jobs, still face the daily rat race, and still fight corporate America at the office. I think that's why we RV. It's an excuse to SLOWWWWW down!
